Compact disc organizing method and kit

ABSTRACT

A compact disc organizing kit apparatus includes a compact disc case having means for attaching a compact disc therein and being labeled as a compact disc organizing kit. A compact disc replica, which may be made of paperboard or the like, has instructions for using the compact disc organizing kit printed thereon and is removably mounted in the compact disc case. A sheet having a plurality of removable attachable polymer members each having coating indicia thereon is located on the compact disc case for easy removal and attaching to compact disc cases. The method includes selecting a compact disc replica and printing instructions for organizing a plurality of compact discs thereon and selecting a compact disc case and removably attaching a compact disc replica therein along with a selected set of cling polymer members having coated indicia thereon. The method includes placing one of the polymer pieces from the set on each of a plurality of disc cases so that a plurality of compact discs are organized from an easily stored disc organizing kit.

[0001] This application is a continuation of prior application, Ser. No.10/001,161, filed Dec. 4, 2001.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] The present invention relates to a compact disc organizing kitand to a method of organizing compact discs.

[0003] In the past, it has been common to organize video and audiodiscs, such as compact audio discs and DVD discs, in storage racksespecially made for storing compact discs. The Tisbo et al. U.S. Pat.No. 5,393,135 has a storage rack made with support surfaces and sizedand positioned for sliding compact discs into the storage rack. The RoseU.S. Pat. No. 1,609,294 is for a cabinet designed to accommodatephonographic disc, records, or the like. The Bell U.S. Pat. No.1,688,224 is for a case for holding sound reproducing records which canbe identified and which has index card slips and a number for each ofthe sorted records and allows for identification of each record so thatthe records may be rearranged and regrouped without the necessity ofchanging the labels. The Assael U.S. Pat. No. 4,993,558 is a book andtranscription file system for coordinating books and companion audiotranscription cassettes. The Kuzara et al. U.S. Pat. No. 5,611,607 is anelectronic librarian and filing system which includes an article storageunit along with an article locator mechanism, an article retrievermechanism, and an electronic control unit and is suitable for storingindividual CD's on edge in a successive side-by-side location.

[0004] The present invention is directed towards an improved systemwhich allows a compact disc organizing kit to easily be stored with theother compact disc cases with attached instructions readily removablefrom the disc case and provides an easy way to identify those discs thathave been removed from the cases and loaded onto the tray of a discplayer, such as a CD or DVD player.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0005] A compact disc organizing kit apparatus includes a compact disccase having means for attaching a compact disc therein and being labeledas a compact disc organizing kit. A compact disc replica, which may bemade of paperboard or the like, has instructions for using the compactdisc organizing kit printed thereon and is removably mounted in thecompact disc case. A sheet having a plurality of removable attachablepolymer members each having coating indicia thereon is located on thecompact disc case for easy removably attaching to compact disc cases.The method includes selecting a compact disc replica and printinginstructions for organizing a plurality of compact discs thereon andselecting a compact disc case and removably attaching a compact discreplica therein along with a selected set of cling polymer membershaving coated indicia thereon. The method includes placing one of thepolymer pieces from the set on each of a plurality of disc cases so thata plurality of compact discs are organized from an easily stored discorganizing kit.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0006] Other objects, features, and advantages of the present inventionwill be apparent from the written description and the drawings in which:

[0007]FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a compact disc organizing kit inaccordance with the present invention;

[0008]FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the compact disc organizing kit of afigure showing the components of the kit;

[0009]FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the compact disc organizing kit ofFIG. 1 stored in a disc storage rack;

[0010]FIG. 4 is an elevation of one stick-on coating member for use inthe compact disc organizing kit of FIGS. 1 and 2;

[0011]FIG. 5 is an elevation of a second removably attaching member foruse in the organizing kit of FIGS. 1 and 2;

[0012]FIG. 6 is an elevation view of another removably attachablecoating member for use in the disc organizing kit of FIGS. 1 and 2; and

[0013]FIG. 7 is yet another indicia color coated attaching piece for usein the disc organizing kits of FIGS. 1 and 2.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

[0014] Referring to the drawings of FIGS. 1 through 7, a compact discorganizing kit 10 has a compact disc case 11 having a top 12 hinged withhinge tabs 13 to a base 14. The compact disc case 11 top 12 also hasprotruding tabs 15 on either side thereof for sliding sheet-like membersthereunder. The base 14 includes a raised edge portion 16 which allowsthe tabs 13 to be supported on either end thereof for hinging the top 12and also includes a labeling edge 17 for identifying the contents of thedisc case 11 which, as shown in FIG. 2, has indicia 18 identifying thekit as a CD sorting and labeling kit. The base 14 of the disc case 11includes a disc supporting portion 20 having arcuate sides 21 and a discsupporting ring 22 in the middle thereof and is made for holding astandard compact disc or DVD or the like in the case 11. A compact discreplica 23 may be made of paperboard, plastic or any material desiredand has the instructions 24 printed on the surface thereof. The discreplica 23 is disc shaped and has a center opening 25 which can beplaced on the compact disc supporting ring 22 to removably support theinstruction disc replica 23 within the compact disc case 11. The compactdisc organizing kit also includes a labeling sheet 26 having a series ofsquare or rectangular removable pieces 27 and a series of roundremovable identifying pieces 28. The pieces 27 and 28 are either a clingplastic or have an adhesive backing and are mounted on the sheet 30 andcan be individually removed or replaced as desired. The members 27 or 28can be made of any material desired but, in a preferred embodiment, acling polymer sheet having the pieces 27 and 28 cut out lets the piecesattach to a case without an adhesive. The pieces 27 and 28 can also bemade of a paper or any other material and can have an adhesive backing,such as a microencapsulated type adhesive which allows repeated use.

[0015] The round labeling members 28 can be seen in FIG. 4 as havingindicia 31 thereon while the square or rectangular members 27 can beseen in FIGS. 5, 6 and 7 as each having indica 32 thereon, such as thedouble numbers 00 and a color background numeral. In FIG. 5 the colorbackground number one is shown while in FIG. 6, a different colornumeral 34 is shown and in FIG. 7, yet another color numeral 35 isshown. Thus, the labeling members shown in FIGS. 5-7 have both indiciaas well as color coding.

[0016] The compact disc as used in the present system can be stored in aconventional compact disc storage rack 36 which holds a plurality ofcompact discs 37 on a plurality of shelves 38 and which also stores thepresent compact disc organizing kit 10 which for easy identification hasthe preprinted labeling 18 on the end 17 thereof. This makes the compactdisc organizing kit easy to store, readily identifiable, and quicklyremoved to identify discs being placed in a CD player.

[0017] In operation, the CD sorting label kit 10 can be removed from thestorage rack 36 and, as each compact disc 37 is removed from the rack 36to place on a CD player, it can have a label from the sheet of labels 26placed on the back of the now empty case identifying the position in thecompact disc or DVD player, carousel or tray. That is, the disc placedin the first slot of a compact disc player will have a “1” removed fromthe sheet 26 and placed on the empty CD disc case, which is placed backin the rack. Thus, replacing the disc in the first slot in the CD playermerely requires removing the compact disc, placing it back in the caselabeled “1”, then removing the label “1” from the compact disc case, andplacing it on the disc case of the compact disc being placed in theplayer slot 1. This also advantageously allows a person to look at therack 36 and quickly identify which compact disc is in each slot byreading the back label on the disc case. The disc case label 7 and 8 canbe made of a cling plastic which has been preprinted thereon and whichclings to a plastic compact disc case without the need to use adhesive.Also in addition to the coated labels 27 and 28, blank labels can alsobe provided within the sheet 26 which can be written onto to clearlyidentify or make other notes on the discs or on the rack 36. Thus, thelabels which are color coated and marked with indicia 27 can be used toidentify an individual compact disc case from which a compact disc hasbeen removed while the round labels 28 having the indicia thereon can beused to identify areas within the storage rack 36.

[0018] The process of the present invention includes the selecting of aset of cling polymer pieces, each piece having coated indicia thereonand the selecting of a compact disc replica and printing theinstructions for organizing a plurality of compact discs on the selectedcompact disc replica. The process includes selecting a compact disc casehaving means for holding a compact disc thereon and labeled to indicatethe contents thereof. The compact disc replica having the instructionsprinted thereon is removably attached to the mounting ring of thecompact disc case and a sheet or set of cling polymer pieces are placedin the compact disc case to form a compact disc organizing kit. Themethod includes placing one of the cling polymer pieces from the setonto a plurality of disc cases identifying the slot that the compactdisc from the case had been placed within the compact disc player sothat a plurality of compact discs are organized with the disc organizingkit to allow for the rapid identification of which compact disc is inwhich slot within a compact disc player.

[0019] It should be clear at this time that a compact disc organizingkit and the method of organizing a compact disc has been provided whichallows for the easy storage and use of the kit making for easyidentification and organization of a plurality of discs. However, thepresent invention should not be construed as limited to the forms shownwhich are to be considered illustrative rather than restrictive.

I claim:
 1. A compact disc organizing kit comprising: a compact disccase having mounting means for mounting a disc therein and being labeledto indicate a compact disc organizing kit; a compact disc replica havinginstructions for using said compact disc organizing kit printed thereonand being removably mounted in said compact disc case on said mountingmeans; a sheet having a plurality of removably attachable polymermembers, each having coding indicia thereon for attaching to a compactdisc case, said sheet being located in said compact disc case for easyremoval of removably attachable polymer members from said compact disccase; whereby a disc organizing kit has removable instruction and codingpieces for organizing a plurality of compact discs.
 2. A compact discorganizing kit in accordance with claim 1 in which said compact discreplica is made of a paperboard having printing thereon and is shapedlike a compact disc having a opening in the center thereof.
 3. A compactdisc organizing kit in accordance with claim 2 in which a plurality ofremovably attachable polymer members are color coded using a coloredpolymer sheet.
 4. A compact disc organizing kit in accordance with claim3 in which each of said plurality of removably attachable polymermembers is a cling plastic member for easy attachment and removal ofindividual removably attachable polymer members.
 5. A compact discorganizing kit in accordance with claim 4 in which a plurality of saidplurality of removably attachable polymer members is a writing surfacefor custom marking a compact disc case.
 6. A compact disc organizing kitin accordance with claim 4 in which a plurality of said plurality ofremovably attachable polymer members have a round shape.
 7. A compactdisc organizing kit in accordance with claim 4 in which a plurality ofsaid plurality of removably attachable polymer members have a generallysquare shape.
 8. A compact disc organizing kit in accordance with claim1 in which a plurality of said plurality of removably attachable polymermembers each has a transparent color background numeral overlaid with atleast one opaque numeral.
 9. A method of organizing compact discscomprising the steps of: selecting a set of cling polymers pieces, eachpiece having coded indicia thereon; selecting a compact disc replica;printing instruction for organizing a plurality of compact discs on saidselected compact disc replica; selecting a compact disc case havingmeans for holding a compact disc therein, and being labeled to indicatethe contents thereof; removably attaching said compact disc replica ontosaid compact disc case mounting means; placing said selected set ofcling polymer pieces in said selected compact disc case to form acompact disc organizing kit; placing one of said cling polymer piecesfrom said set on each of a plurality of disc cases to indicate the disccase of each disc placed in a disc player; whereby a plurality ofcompact discs are organized from an easily stored disc organizing kit.10. A method of organizing compact discs in accordance with claim 9 inwhich the step of placing one of said polymer pieces from said set oneach of a plurality of disc cases includes placing each polymer piecehaving a number on a compact disc case corresponding to the number thatthe compact disc removed from the case is placed in a compact discplayer tray whereby the compact disc player located in a compact discplayer can be easily replaced its case.
 11. A method of organizingcompact discs in accordance with claim 9 in which the step of selectinga set of cling polymers pieces includes selecting a plurality of polymerpieces with each piece having color and indicia codes.
 12. A method oforganizing compact discs in accordance with claim 10 in which the stepof selecting a set of cling polymers pieces each having a blank writingsurface thereon.
 13. A method of organizing compact discs in accordancewith claim 11 in which the step of selecting a compact disc replicaincludes selecting a paperboard compact disc replica.
 14. A method oforganizing compact discs in accordance with claim 12 in which the stepof selecting a compact disc replica includes selecting a paperboardcompact disc replica having a generally disc shape having an opening inthe center thereof.
 15. A method of organizing compact discs inaccordance with claim 13 in which the step of selecting a plurality ofsaid plurality of removably attachable polymer members have a roundshape.
 16. A method of organizing compact discs in accordance with claim14 in which the step of selecting a plurality of said plurality ofremovably attachable polymer members have a generally square shape. 17.A method of organizing compact discs in accordance with claim 9 in whichthe step of selecting a set of cling polymers pieces includes selectinga plurality of cling polymer members having a transparent colorbackground numeral overlaid with at least one opaque numeral.